Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2010
- AL Gold Glove
- 2024
- AL Silver Slugger
- 2019
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 2010
- AL Gold Glove
- 2024
- AL Silver Slugger
- 2019
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,212
- AB
- 7,839
- R
- 1,108
- H
- 1,882
- HR
- 335
- RBI
- 1,136
- SB
- 65
- AVG
- .240
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | CLE | 46 | 150 | 23 | 39 | 6 | 22 | 3 | .260 |
| 2011 | CLE | 155 | 552 | 84 | 132 | 27 | 79 | 5 | .239 |
| 2012 | CLE | 143 | 507 | 72 | 128 | 18 | 76 | 3 | .252 |
| 2013 | CLE | 154 | 541 | 75 | 145 | 20 | 74 | 3 | .268 |
| 2014 | CLE | 152 | 541 | 68 | 125 | 27 | 85 | 5 | .231 |
| 2015 | CLE | 154 | 550 | 72 | 127 | 19 | 85 | 11 | .231 |
| 2016 | CLE | 158 | 582 | 89 | 151 | 34 | 87 | 5 | .259 |
| 2017 | CLE | 154 | 571 | 90 | 148 | 23 | 79 | 5 | .259 |
| 2018 | PHI | 161 | 560 | 82 | 128 | 24 | 86 | 2 | .229 |
| 2019 | CLE | 158 | 573 | 110 | 161 | 34 | 93 | 4 | .281 |
| 2020 | CLE | 60 | 206 | 34 | 41 | 8 | 30 | 0 | .199 |
| 2021 | KC | 158 | 565 | 66 | 121 | 19 | 69 | 2 | .214 |
| 2022 |  KC/SEA | 131 | 431 | 52 | 87 | 19 | 60 | 0 | .202 |
| 2023 |  PIT/MIL | 146 | 550 | 78 | 132 | 23 | 86 | 6 | .240 |
| 2024 | MIN | 150 | 521 | 63 | 124 | 23 | 71 | 4 | .238 |
| 2025 |  CLE/CHC | 124 | 415 | 49 | 91 | 11 | 54 | 7 | .219 |
| 2026 | ARI | 8 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 30
- AB
- 112
- R
- 11
- H
- 23
- HR
- 5
- RBI
- 13
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .205
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 9,280
- TB
- 3,326
- XBH
- 757
- HBP
- 43
- IBB
- 66
- GIDP
- 190
- P/PA
- 4.16
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | CLE | 192 | 70 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | CLE | 658 | 252 | 64 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 4.3 |
| 2012 | CLE | 609 | 213 | 47 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | CLE | 642 | 246 | 60 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | CLE | 660 | 231 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4.3 |
| 2015 | CLE | 666 | 217 | 50 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | CLE | 688 | 290 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | CLE | 667 | 260 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | PHI | 679 | 232 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | CLE | 686 | 295 | 65 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | CLE | 255 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | KC | 659 | 193 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | KC/SEA | 506 | 162 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | PIT/MIL | 619 | 236 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.0 |
| 2024 | MIN | 594 | 219 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | CLE/CHC | 474 | 135 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4.2 |
| 2026 | ARI | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 36.6
- RC
- 1214.2
- RC/27
- 5.30
- ISOP
- .184
- SECA
- .360
- BB/K
- 0.86
- AB/HR
- 23.4
- GO/FO
- 0.80
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | CLE | 1.8 | 31.2 | 7.1 | .207 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 25 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | CLE | 3.4 | 90.1 | 5.5 | .217 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 20.4 | 0.8 |
| 2012 | CLE | 3.8 | 77.2 | 5 | .168 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 28.2 | 0.8 |
| 2013 | CLE | 4.4 | 97.3 | 6.4 | .187 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 27.1 | 0.8 |
| 2014 | CLE | 3.1 | 89.2 | 5.6 | .196 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 20 | 0.7 |
| 2015 | CLE | 1.1 | 81.3 | 4.9 | .164 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 28.9 | 0.9 |
| 2016 | CLE | 3.0 | 105.6 | 6.3 | .239 | 0.4 | 1 | 17.1 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | CLE | 3.4 | 97.2 | 6 | .196 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 24.8 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | PHI | 1.7 | 86.7 | 5.1 | .186 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 23.3 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | CLE | 4.5 | 117.8 | 7.4 | .234 | 0.4 | 1 | 16.9 | 0.9 |
| 2020 | CLE | 0.6 | 27.9 | 4.4 | .150 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 25.8 | 0.8 |
| 2021 | KC | -0.1 | 65.2 | 3.8 | .127 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 29.7 | 0.8 |
| 2022 | KC/SEA | 1.2 | 53.5 | 4.1 | .174 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 22.7 | 0.6 |
| 2023 | PIT/MIL | 1.6 | 76.8 | 4.8 | .189 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 23.9 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | MIN | 2.5 | 73.6 | 4.8 | .182 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 22.7 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | CLE/CHC | 1.1 | 44.8 | 3.6 | .106 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 37.7 | 0.7 |
| 2026 | ARI | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.4 | .042 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
Latest performance
Carlos Santana
Apr 05 · vs ATL · W 6-5 F/10
- AB
- 1
- R
- 0
- H
- 1
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- BB
- 0
- SO
- 0
- AVG
- .083
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Apr 05 | vs ATLW 6-5 F/10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri, Apr 03 | vsATLL 2-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Apr 02 | vsATLL 17-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Mar 31 | vs DETW 7-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Mar 30 | vsDETW 9-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Mar 28 | at LADL 3-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Carlos Santana's career stats?
Carlos Santana played 17 seasons for the Guardians, the Phillies, the Royals, the Twins and the Diamondbacks. He was a career .240 hitter with 1,882 hits, 335 home runs and 1,136 RBI. His best season was 2019: a .281 batting average, 34 home runs and 93 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 6 postseasons, 2010 to 2026
Awards
All-time career rank
- 118th in home runs (335)
- 180th in rbi (1,136)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Carlos Santana
Playoff series
Carlos Santana played 7 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 1 won, 2 lost.
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  ARI | Lost 0-2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 |  TOR | Won 2-0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 |  HOU | Lost 0-3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2022 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Carlos Santana against each club
- vs Chicago White Sox (35)
- vs Detroit Tigers (33)
- vs Athletics (30)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (27)
- vs Houston Astros (26)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (26)
- vs Texas Rangers (25)
- vs Kansas City Royals (23)
- vs New York Yankees (23)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (23)
- vs Washington Nationals (20)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (19)
- vs San Diego Padres (19)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (17)
- vs Minnesota Twins (17)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (17)
- vs Atlanta Braves (16)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (16)
- vs Chicago Cubs (15)
- vs Colorado Rockies (15)
- vs Seattle Mariners (15)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (14)
- vs Miami Marlins (14)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (13)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (12)
- vs San Francisco Giants (12)
- vs Boston Red Sox (11)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (11)
- vs New York Mets (10)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (9)
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